ceamach
Irish
Alternative forms
- ciomach
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɨ̞mˠa(x)/[1] (corresponding to the form ciomach)
Noun
ceamach f (genitive singular ceamaí, nominative plural ceamacha)
- rag, clout (piece of cloth)
- (in the plural) rags, tattered old clothes
- lout (bumpkin)
- slattern, slut, untidy or ragged person
- Synonym: abarlach
Declension
Declension of ceamach
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
|
Derived terms
- ceamachán
- ceamachas
Adjective
ceamach (genitive singular masculine ceamaigh, genitive singular feminine ceamaí, plural ceamacha, comparative ceamaí)
- ragged (rent or worn into tatters), tattered
- Synonyms: gioblach, bratógach
- sluttish (dirty or untidy; disorderly), slovenly
- Synonyms: sraoilleach, gioblach, giobógach
Declension
Declension of ceamach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ceamach | cheamach | ceamacha; cheamacha² | |
| Vocative | cheamaigh | ceamacha | ||
| Genitive | ceamaí | ceamacha | ceamach | |
| Dative | ceamach; cheamach¹ | cheamach; cheamaigh (archaic) | ceamacha; cheamacha² | |
| Comparative | níos ceamaí | |||
| Superlative | is ceamaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Alternative forms
- ceamánta
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| ceamach | cheamach | gceamach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “ceamach” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- “ciomaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 139.
- "ceamach" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 38